Night Jackal: Blood Debt

This is finally the last dosman game I had to suffer through and I am genuinely hoping it stays that way forever.

pretty solid game! i do appreciate when efpse games have a new game hub area

[url=https://youtu.be/HCoZBDy2Ki4] [b] VIDEO REVIEW [/b] [/url] Night Jackal feels like a light-hearted shooter but the story would say otherwise. The comic book feel is a very interesting choice, but since the game does come from an actual comic book it makes since. Even though the game is short it is really enjoyable. The best part of the game is the story (which again comes from a comic writer so I would assume so) though every aspect of the game is well rounded. To the gun variety and great pacing of the game. If you have about three hours to kill and a couple bucks go ahead and give this a try. Especially if you enjoy comic books and boomer shooters. I didn't know that there was an Easy FPS Editor till I played this game. The editor must be good if other games created by it are as good as this game.

Easily the most impressive EFPSE I've played from a narrative perspective, too bad the shooting kinda sucks. Night Jackal: Blood Debt is a Retro FPS game developed by Nothing Rhymes with Entertainment and published by DOSman Games. Based on the comic series Night Jackal and running in the EFPSE engine, it follows the titular masked vigilante as a recent attack on his manor has him spiraling down a rabbit hole to figure out if there's a bigger conspiracy afoot. The game is really impressive on how it works around the limitations of the EFPSE engine in order to tell a pretty enthralling story, however it struggles in the gameplay department where it ranges from fine to downright bad. Gameplay of Night Jackal: Blood Debt, despite that it uses the EFPSE does actually have some shake up in the level variety. While you do have some levels that provide the same Retro FPS format you might expect with enemies, secrets, locked doors that require a kind of key, etc. There are sections of the game that exist to serve the plot while still using the FPS format as a base, as well as straight up in-engine cutscenes which is really impressive for a engine like this. Night Jackal also carries a variety of weaponry, ranging from his own fists, a signature iconography throwable, and straight up firearms ranging from a shotgun, smgs, all the way to a mini-gun. You even have a grappling hook to get some extra height and while it does control a bit strangely it's a fun novelty. While this sounds like a pretty fun time with solid ideas, it's main issue is how it was executed. The shooting... is not that great. it's not clear if it's because of how bad the spread is on a good chunk of the weapons, the big lack of powerful feedback on most of the weaponry, the enemy placements being just obnoxious enough to be annoying, or maybe all of the above. It simply wavers between being serviceable and downright annoying, and it's such a big shame cause the actual story and some of the gameplay mechanics are quite neat to see in a game using this engine. Night Jackel's style is interesting. As this game, I presume, is either a sequel or some kind of side story to the actual Night Jackal comics. As such the pixel art for the enemies is very rough with very distinct outlines that makes it feel like it was ripped out of a comic book and then bit-crushed to be... I guess retro? The character designs themselves are pretty solid, absolutely nailing that comic book character look under the limitations of pixel art. There's also some comic stills taken straight from the comics, which as mentioned eariler I had no idea this was connected to a already existing comic series. I would also mention it's story since it's pretty standout especially considering that is this is a EFPSE game and the way it's able to get it's themes across despite the engine limitations as mentioned is pretty impressive. Not going into too much detail as the game is short enough and is probably the main reason to play due to the aforementioned gameplay hiccups. Overall, I think Night Jackal: Blood Debt does have a lot of good going for it but is absolutely held back by it's subpar shooting mechanics, even for a Dosman Games published EFPSE game it's distinctly less robust than other games using the exact same engine. And it's quite a shame since the setting, character designs, and just the general idea does have some pretty solid promise. I mean there's very heavy Batman Doom vibes here, masked super hero, unconventional weapons, comic book aesthetic? There's absolutely more here that could be fleshed out into a banger followup.

[h1]仮面の騎士となり悪を討て！往年のWADをリスペクトした小粒アメコミ風FPS[/h1] [b]往年の人気作『バットマン・ドゥーム』に強い影響を受けた、クライムファイターを操作する短編。[/b] 『BATMAN DOOM』はアメコミの金字塔バットマン(正確には『KnightFall』とティム・バートン版バットマンの混合だ)を基にして1999年に公開されたファンメイドのDOOM用トータルコンバージョンWADであり、その適度な原作再現から高い評価を受けている。 今から遊ぶと流石にアレな出来ではあるのだが、おなじみのジョーカーやベインといったスーパーヴィランから知る人ぞ知る「ジャイアント・ペニー」まで原作ファンを唸らせる小ネタが満載。もちろん日本じゃ知られていないが、初期のDOOMコミュニティを語る上では外せない一本だ。 そういうわけで本作の主人公「ナイト・ジャッカル」にはお約束の要素が満載。彼には莫大な資産があり、屋敷があり、悲しき過去があり、ダサいスーツがあり、いろんなガジェットがあり、変なヴィランがいる。つまりはおおむねブルース・ウェインみたいな存在を操作していくことになる。 残念ながらいつものDOSMAN GAMES作品と同じく本作も2時間程度で終わる短編FPSとなっており、大量のスーパーヴィランと対峙していくような展開ではない。物語もゴッサムシティを駆け巡るというよりは下水道や廃ビルなどをうろつく場面が続き、全体的に内容は暗めだ。 展開がぱっとしない反面、脚本部分はかなり力の入った内容。 一見すると典型的なクライムファイターのように見える主人公だが、その心の裏にある深い傷が彼の精神をむしばんでいる。活動を続けていくうちに幻視、幻聴、妄想、それらが暴走していき… 本家バットマンには不可能そうなどぎつい展開も用意されており、単なる模倣に収まろうとしていないところはチャレンジ精神が感じられてかなり嬉しくなる。 また、最終的なエンディングはマルチ方式となっており、プレイヤーの選択により2つに分岐する。ここらへんもビターな感じがあってかなりよい。 武器の使い勝手がどれもそんなによろしくない、会話が長すぎてゲームテンポが悪い、マップが狭く立体感がなくて楽しくない、そもそも主人公に感情移入しづらいなど、一作目ということで粗い部分もそれなりにあるが、墜ちていくクライムファイターというメインの要素はしっかりと描けている一作。 あんまりいないと思うけど「バットマンドゥーム」をやったことあるよ！という日本人なら触って満足できるかもしれない。

Very short but the story was surprisingly good and interesting for a 3 euro game

I know it's only £2.50, but for the storeroom section alone I am refunding,